India, Aug. 23 -- While the BJP distanced itself from the violence, the Left will argue that the events at Jadavpur cannot be separated from Bengal's altered political landscape.

Three days of confrontation at Jadavpur University have brought into sharp relief a political battle that is likely to acquire greater intensity in West Bengal's campuses in the months ahead: The attempt by the Akhil Bharatiya Vidyarthi Parishad (ABVP), affiliated to the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh, to establish a durable presence in institutions long dominated by Left student organisations. The immediate trigger for the violence that began late on Wednesday was a general body meeting of the Faculty of Engineering and Technology Students' Union. But the dispute ...